Standing Together for a Just, Racially Equitable Public Education System

At a time when coordinated attacks are targeting the very foundation of public education and racial justice, we remain grounded in an unwavering truth:

Racial equity is not a threat —it is the foundation of a strong public education system. 

It is how we advance the academic, social, and economic success of every learner. It is how we build a just and multiracial democracy, where every person is empowered to contribute, co-create, and thrive in a world that reflects their full humanity.

We are profoundly grateful to the Bush Foundation, Mortenson Family Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Securian Foundation and The Minneapolis Foundation for standing strong with us in this work. 

Your investment is more than funding. It is a bold act of solidarity, courage, and belief in what’s possible when we shape a just future together.

Your support not only protects this critical work; it allows us to deepen and expand it at a time when Minnesota’s Black, Indigenous, immigrant, Latino, Asian, and multilingual communities need it most.

What We’re Building Together

With your partnership, MnEEP’s Push Back / Push Forward initiative is mobilizing a statewide network of educators, students, families, and institutions to reimagine a public education system rooted in justice for every learner.

We are growing cross-regional leadership cohorts, building digital tools that connect and equip equity advocates, and advancing policy strategies that defend equity in real time and shape the just, inclusive education system our students deserve.

This work is grounded in a simple but radical belief: When communities lead together, we don’t just change systems—we transform schools to reflect our shared values and community power.

What’s at Stake

Federal rollbacks, political fear campaigns, and legal threats to education equity are not just bureaucratic challenges. They are calculated attacks on student dignity, educator agency, and truth itself designed to undo decades of hard-won racial equity progress. 

And yet, in this moment of backlash to racial justice, we are not retreating. We are pushing forward— together—toward the fully funded, racially equitable public education system our students and state deserve. 

An Invitation to Stand with Us—And Build a Just Future for Minnesota

To those already walking with us: Thank you for standing on the side of justice. Your leadership brings to life a vision of education that affirms, uplifts, and empowers every learner to thrive.

To those watching this moment with concern: We invite you to join us.

Your financial support, your time, your thoughts, your actions all help us grow the leadership, networks, and advocacy infrastructure needed to meet this moment—and shape what comes next.

When we invest in racial equity in education, we invest in economic opportunity, community well-being, democratic resilience, and generational possibility.

This moment right now is not the time to step back. NOW is the time to push forward—together.

We are past the point of concern. What’s needed now is courage, clarity, and collective leadership.

Whether you’re a student, educator, advocate, institution, nonprofit, or philanthropic leader or organization, you have the power to help lead this defining era for education justice in Minnesota.

For funders, this is a moment to lead—to invest in racial equity not just as a value, but as a strategy for building stronger, more just communities across Minnesota. 

Your support doesn’t just sustain this critical work right now. It shapes what’s possible for generations to come.

Please join us in becoming a MnEEP member or sustaining partner today!